Low-energy enhancement and fluctuations of γ-ray strength functions in 56,57Fe: Test of the Brink-Axel hypothesis

A. C. Larsen; M. Guttormsen; N. Blasi; A. Bracco; F. Camera; L. Crespo Campo; T. K. Eriksen; A. Görgen; T. W. Hagen; V. W. Ingeberg; B. V. Kheswa; S. Leoni; J. E. Midtbø; B. Million; H. T. Nyhus; T. Renstrøm; S. J. Rose; I. E. Ruud; S. Siem; T. G. Tornyi; G. M. Tveten; A. V. Voinov; M. Wiedeking; F. Zeiser

doi:10.1088/1361-6471/aa644a

Low-energy enhancement and fluctuations of γ-ray strength functions in ^56,57Fe: Test of the Brink-Axel hypothesis

A. C. Larsen, M. Guttormsen, N. Blasi, A. Bracco, F. Camera, L. Crespo Campo, T. K. Eriksen, A. Görgen, T. W. Hagen, V. W. Ingeberg, B. V. Kheswa, S. Leoni, J. E. Midtbø, B. Million, H. T. Nyhus, T. Renstrøm, S. J. Rose, I. E. Ruud, S. Siem, T. G. TornyiG. M. Tveten, A. V. Voinov, M. Wiedeking, F. Zeiser

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Abstract

Nuclear level densities and γ-ray strength functions of ^56,57Fe have been extracted from proton-γ coincidences. A low-energy enhancement in the γ-ray strength functions up to a factor of 30 over common theoretical E1 models is confirmed. Angular distributions of the low-energy enhancement in ⁵⁷Fe indicate its dipole nature, in agreement with findings for ⁵⁶Fe. The high statistics and the excellent energy resolution of the large-volume LaBr₃(Ce) detectors allowed for a thorough analysis of γ strength as function of excitation energy. Taking into account the presence of strong Porter-Thomas fluctuations, there is no indication of any significant excitation energy dependence in the γ-ray strength function, in support of the generalized Brink-Axel hypothesis.

Original language	English
Article number	064005
Journal	Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics
Volume	44
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/aa644a
Publication status	Published - 24 Apr 2017
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Brink hypothesis
angular distributions
iron
level density
γ-strength function

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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Larsen, A. C., Guttormsen, M., Blasi, N., Bracco, A., Camera, F., Campo, L. C., Eriksen, T. K., Görgen, A., Hagen, T. W., Ingeberg, V. W., Kheswa, B. V., Leoni, S., Midtbø, J. E., Million, B., Nyhus, H. T., Renstrøm, T., Rose, S. J., Ruud, I. E., Siem, S., ... Zeiser, F. (2017). Low-energy enhancement and fluctuations of γ-ray strength functions in ^56,57Fe: Test of the Brink-Axel hypothesis. Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, 44(6), Article 064005. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6471/aa644a

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